The Oxus Civilization (ca. 2200–1700 BC), or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
(BMAC), is a relatively recent discovery, famous for its beautiful art masterpieces and seals …

There is a lacuna of knowledge on the inland trade routes across Bronze Age central Arabia,
which this article seeks to fill based on new evidence from Wādī al‐Fāw, Saudi Arabia …

The question of the relations between the Arab/Persian Gulf region and the Oxus
Civilization/Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) at the end of the 3rd and in …

Archaeological strontium isotope investigations of the movement of peoples and animals
rely on different methods to characterize a “local” strontium range. In geologically …

This chapter presents an overview of the evidence for the Holocene climate, climate change,
human adaptation and human response on the Iranian Plateau and the adjacent piedmont …

The maritime trade between the Indus Civilization and the Arabian peninsula during the third
millennium BCE has been well known among archaeologists for a long time [eg Possehl …

Pottery assemblages from the site of Al‐Khidr on Failaka Island, Kuwait, were analysed in
order to reconstruct the chemical composition of Bronze Age wares and to build a …

Abstract The Early Dynastic sources make it clear that there existed a distinct Dilmun boat
connected to foreign sea trade. The Babylonian Moon god (Nanna/Suen/Sîn) was …

Capital city of successive major tribal principalities (Qahtan, Kinda,...), Qaryat al-Faw was a
key commercial centre in the South of the Arabian Peninsula during antiquity. Rediscovered …

Stamp seals of the Dilmun type have kept their characteristic shape and boss decoration of
three lines and four dotted circles for several 100 years. Although the carving of the shape of …